what's up everyone so today we're taking a look at the 18-volt lxt Makita two
and a half inch great finish nailer 16 gauge for this can't wait to show you
how it works let's check it out
all right so we've done a lot of nailers on this channel but today we're taking a
look at a really cool and Makeda the lxt this doesn't take any air it doesn't
take any cartridges it just takes a battery now this tool here the one I'm
reviewing does not come with this set but if you want you can buy the battery
and the charger kit separately I'll put the link in the description below along
with this tool all you got to do is take the battery which this is the - aah and
slide it right down here and that's all you need that and an else and you're
ready to work what will you get in this package you will get the nailer you will
get some safety glasses and you will also get a belt clip you can put it on
the left or the right so if you're left right-handed it doesn't really matter
and it's a pretty good thing that they give you the safety glasses considering
what happened today let me show you while we were recording guys Oh would
you do that for oh you're trying to take me out no before I take the shot I was
putting on a new lens for you oh sorry man I really hurt I saw oh sorry you
were over to help you anymore I just adjust the lighting before you go
okay luckily he was wearing his protective equipment didn't end up
getting injured that's a good thing and again here's where the belt clips can go
on the side of the day for the testing we were going to use the porter cable
one and a half inch 16 gauge in this all right so we're gonna talk about the
specs first if you want to see this thing in action you don't care about the
specs just fast forward the video a little bit alright let's take a look at
the loader here I love this system very easy to use all you're gonna do is slide
that back it'll latch automatically it's throw those nails in the back which I'll
show you and then once you do that all you're gonna do is hit the button and it
will actually bring those nails or work and lock them down into position I
really think this makes it extremely easy and quick to use again just take
those nails pop them down in they'll just slide right down in the front you
can add a couple of different magazines really nice and then again just hit that
button when you hit that button after you're done loading it it will pull
those down tight and you don't have to worry about them moving around on you
check that out very very simple now another nice thing
about this the tallest nose design it's easy to take it off if you have a jam
just open that up like that pop your jam out close
it up again that's all you have to do so you don't have to worry about any tools
anything to get those up really really quick really really simple now another
thing you have right here your depth adjustment has a larger knob so it's
really easy to make those adjustments if you want to bring that up a little bit
so you don't have to sync those down too for it you can adjust it this way or you
can bring it all the way down where it sinks it about a sixteenth of an inch
into your wood if you forget which way you need to go and make those
adjustments don't worry they got the picture right there on the side for you
you also have a no more surface right here it's almost like a rubbery plastic
type of feel feels pretty heavy-duty but you don't
have to worry about damaging your project or your wood while you're firing
that gun now I really like this here let's check this out
simply by pushing this right here left or right you can go into single shot
mode or double shot or bump shot mode really easy to select between the two
modes and it has a protective casing on the outside to prevent water from
getting in now fYI the length of the nail is you can go from one inch up to
two and a half inch in the length and if you're wondering how many now is you can
fire on a charge with a 5.0 you're looking at about a thousand finished
nails let's talk about weight real quick now
I'm gonna be honest with you it's a little bit bigger a little bit bulkier
than what you're probably used to when you're using pneumatic nailers for a
finish nailer this thing is 9.50 that's without the battery in it it is bigger
it is bulkier it's balanced pretty well believe it or not now at the end of the
day is going to be up to you to decide whether or not the size and the weight
is a big enough deal to override the portability of this unit alright let's
take a look at this nailer in action and we'll talk about more specs while we're
doing it this is going to be a single shot I will tell you one more thing when
you go to use this gun it has to be pushed down and have enough force on it
to fire a shot if you don't put enough force down on it it will leave the nail
out like this almost flush you have to make sure you apply enough pressure now
we applied the depth adjustment all the way down and applying the correct amount
of pressure you can see it fires those down about a sixteenth of
an inch past the top all right let's take a look at this this is not the
mantra you never push down and then pull the sugars each one of these actually
fired almost perfectly then you have to make sure you apply enough pressure just
to let you know this is pine that we're using that was all the way down and this
is the farthest I was able to get them to go down into the woods so I'm just
letting you know let me show you what happens if I don't flip out hard enough
you'll see that they don't even always go flush so you have to apply that
pressure all right let's put the sump pump fire what I like to call Rambo mode
all right we're just gonna fire continuously I'll let you hear it as it
rubs up and how fast it is here's a different angle for you for a
battery-powered unit is pretty impressive with how fast that actually
revved up it's ready for the next shot not as fast as pneumatic but it is
really quick all right let's show you another view I'll show them actually
going down through the wood now this also has an LED work light in front of
this so that actually helps illuminate the area for you a little bit better
even though this is a larger gun the contact center actually allows you to
see what you're doing is fairly well so it's not bad
when it comes to the line of sight there you go another view for you pretty much
sinks I'm all evenly do have a few little complaints about
this nailer number one it's a little bit heavy number two it's a little bit bulky
number three it has a brushed motor so this is not brushless and number four
the depth it's a little touchy so if you're not applying enough pressure it's
going to either sink flush or just above flush one of the things are really shine
on this it's built like a freaking tank and you can hold a hundred and ten nails
it's balanced really well we'll definitely hold on to any job site
and the portability is great on this thing not only that it's super quick and
if you do get a gym it's really easy to take that jam out this is how I see it
I like the portability I would rather deal with a little bit more weight and a
little bit more bulk than dragging an airline around with me and a compressor
with me all day long I think once you get used to applying the pressure and
how you actually have to hold this nail er you'll be ok with it I think it's
gonna be a little bit of a learning curve if you've never used one of these
before though I actually really like this gun but I'm curious to see what you
all think so leave a comment in the comment section below if you like this
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